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 ==Infrastructure==
 According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro'', Bokaro  covered an area of 20.98&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Among the civic amenities, it had 32&nbsp;km roads with both open and covered drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated and untreated sources, overhead tank, service tank. It had 7,484 domestic electric connections, 510 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 4 hospitals, 2 dispensaries, 2 health centres, 1 family welfare centre, 2 maternity and child welfare centres, 2 maternity homes, 1 nursing home, 30  medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 12 primary schools, 7 middle schools, 3 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools, 1 general degree college. It had 4 non-formal educational centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 stadium, 1 cinema theatre, 35 auditorium/ community halls. Two important commodities it produced were electrical goods and coal. It had the branch office of 4 nationalised banks, 1 cooperative bank, 2 non-agricultural credit societies.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2010_PART_A_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf| title =  District Census Handbook Bokaro, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Pages 384-397| publisher = Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand  |accessdate = 2 March 2021}}</ref>
 ==Economy==
 ===Industry===
 Bokaro Thermal Power Plant is the oldest thermal power plant in Asia run by [[Damodar Valley Corporation]], India's first multipurpose river valley project. It was started in 1952 in collaboration with USA and West Germany by the then Prime Minister of the country [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]].
 It has two power plants:
-*'''BTPS 'A'''' was started in 1952 and closed down on 17 July 2000 for violating pollution norms. A new efficient 500MW has been set by [[BHEL]] here which was commissioned in May 2016.
+*'''BTPS 'A'''' was started in 1952 and closed down on 17 July 2000 for violating pollution norms. A new efficient 500MW has been set by [[Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited|BHEL]] here which was commissioned in May 2016.
 *'''BTPS 'B'<ref>BTPS 'B' {{cite web|url=http://www.dvcindia.org/Bokarob.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-02-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720015147/http://www.dvcindia.org/Bokarob.htm |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>''' has three power generating units producing a total of 630 MW (3×210). The first unit was commissioned in 1986.
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	===Area overview===		===Area overview===
	Bokaro district consists of undulating uplands on the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] with the [[Damodar River]] cutting a valley right across. It has an average elevation of {{convert\|200 to 540\|m}} above mean sea level. The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of {{convert\|1070\| m}}. The [[East Bokaro Coalfield]] located in the [[Bermo]]-[[Phusro]] area and small intrusions of [[Jharia Coalfield]] make Bokaro a coal rich district. In 1965, one of the largest steel manufacturing units in the country, [[Bokaro Steel Plant]], operated by [[Steel Authority of India Limited]], was set-up at [[Bokaro Steel City]]. The [[Damodar Valley Corporation]] established its first thermal power station at [[Bokaro (Thermal)]]. The {{convert\|5\|km}} long, {{convert\|55\|m}} high earthfill dam with composite masonry cum concrete spillway, [[Tenughat Dam]], across the Damodar River, is operated by the Government of Jharkhand. The average annual rainfall is {{convert\|1291.2\|mm}}. The soil is generally infertile and agriculture is mostly rain-fed.<ref>{{cite web\|url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2010_PART_A_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf \| title = District Census Handbook Bokaro 2011 \|work= Physical features, Mines and minerals, Indistires, p 7-8 \|publisher = Directorate of Census Operations \| access-date = 30 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url =http://www.india9.com/i9show/Tenughat-Dam-49898.htm \| title = Tenughat Dam \|publisher =india9 \| access-date = 30 May 2021 }}</ref>		Bokaro district consists of undulating uplands on the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] with the [[Damodar River]] cutting a valley right across. It has an average elevation of {{convert\|200 to 540\|m}} above mean sea level. The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of {{convert\|1070\| m}}. The [[East Bokaro Coalfield]] located in the [[Bermo]]-[[Phusro]] area and small intrusions of [[Jharia Coalfield]] make Bokaro a coal rich district. In 1965, one of the largest steel manufacturing units in the country, [[Bokaro Steel Plant]], operated by [[Steel Authority of India Limited]], was set-up at [[Bokaro Steel City]]. The [[Damodar Valley Corporation]] established its first thermal power station at Bokaro (Thermal). The {{convert\|5\|km}} long, {{convert\|55\|m}} high earthfill dam with composite masonry cum concrete spillway, [[Tenughat Dam]], across the Damodar River, is operated by the Government of Jharkhand. The average annual rainfall is {{convert\|1291.2\|mm}}. The soil is generally infertile and agriculture is mostly rain-fed.<ref>{{cite web\|url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2010_PART_A_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf \| title = District Census Handbook Bokaro 2011 \|work= Physical features, Mines and minerals, Indistires, p 7-8 \|publisher = Directorate of Census Operations \| access-date = 30 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url =http://www.india9.com/i9show/Tenughat-Dam-49898.htm \| title = Tenughat Dam \|publisher =india9 \| access-date = 30 May 2021 }}</ref>

	<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>		<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>

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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
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'''Bokaro Thermal''' is a [[census town]] in [[Bermo block|Bermo]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Bermo subdivision]] of the [[Bokaro district]] in the state of [[Jharkhand]], India. Often colloquially referred to as 'BTPS', as the Bokaro Thermal Power Station is located in this area.

==Geography==
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===Location===
Bokaro Thermal is located at {{Coord|23.78|N|85.97|E|}}.<ref>bokaro river [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/38/Bokaro.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Bokaro]</ref> It has an average elevation of 234 metres (767 feet). It is situated on the banks of the [[Konar River]].

===Area overview===
Bokaro district consists of undulating uplands on the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]] with the [[Damodar River]] cutting a valley right across. It has an average elevation of {{convert|200 to 540|m}} above mean sea level. The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of {{convert|1070| m}}. The [[East Bokaro Coalfield]] located in the [[Bermo]]-[[Phusro]] area and small intrusions of [[Jharia Coalfield]] make Bokaro a coal rich district. In 1965, one of the largest steel manufacturing units in the country, [[Bokaro Steel Plant]], operated by [[Steel Authority of India Limited]], was set-up at [[Bokaro Steel City]]. The [[Damodar Valley Corporation]] established its first thermal power station at [[Bokaro (Thermal)]]. The {{convert|5|km}} long, {{convert|55|m}} high earthfill dam with composite masonry cum concrete spillway, [[Tenughat Dam]], across the Damodar River, is operated by the Government of Jharkhand. The average annual rainfall is {{convert|1291.2|mm}}. The soil is generally infertile and agriculture is mostly rain-fed.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2010_PART_A_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf | title = District Census Handbook Bokaro 2011 |work= Physical features, Mines and minerals, Indistires, p 7-8 |publisher = Directorate of Census Operations | access-date = 30 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.india9.com/i9show/Tenughat-Dam-49898.htm | title = Tenughat Dam |publisher =india9 | access-date = 30 May 2021 }}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Bokaro had a total population of 39,305, of which 20,634 (52%) were males and 18,671 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 4,558. The total number of literate persons in Bokaro was 28,860 (83.06% of the population over 6 years).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2010_PART_B_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Bokaro, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 362296, page 120|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 17 March 2021}}</ref>

As per [[2011 Census of India]], Phusro Urban Agglomeration had a total population of 186,139, of which males were 97,665 and females 88,874.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_3_PR_UA_Citiees_1Lakh_and_Above.pdf|title= Provisional population totals, Census of India 2011| work= Urban Agglomeration – Cities having population 1 lakh and above|publisher= Government of India| accessdate = 5 December 2015}}</ref> Phusro Urban Agglomeration is composed of [[Phusro]] (NP), [[Bermo]] (CT), [[Jaridih Bazar]] (CT), Bokaro (CT) and [[Kurpania]] (CT).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf |title = Provisional population totals, Census of India 2011|work= Constituents of Urban Agglomerations having population 1 lakh and above, Census 2011 |publisher= Government of India| accessdate = 5 December 2015}}</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Bokaro Thermal has a population of 36,419. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Bokaro Thermal has an average literacy rate of 67%. 14% of the population in this young town is under 6 years of age.

==Infrastructure==
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro'', Bokaro covered an area of 20.98 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 32 km roads with both open and covered drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated and untreated sources, overhead tank, service tank. It had 7,484 domestic electric connections, 510 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 4 hospitals, 2 dispensaries, 2 health centres, 1 family welfare centre, 2 maternity and child welfare centres, 2 maternity homes, 1 nursing home, 30 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 12 primary schools, 7 middle schools, 3 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools, 1 general degree college. It had 4 non-formal educational centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 stadium, 1 cinema theatre, 35 auditorium/ community halls. Two important commodities it produced were electrical goods and coal. It had the branch office of 4 nationalised banks, 1 cooperative bank, 2 non-agricultural credit societies.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2010_PART_A_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf| title = District Census Handbook Bokaro, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Pages 384-397| publisher = Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand |accessdate = 2 March 2021}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Industry===
Bokaro Thermal Power Plant is the oldest thermal power plant in Asia run by [[Damodar Valley Corporation]], India's first multipurpose river valley project. It was started in 1952 in collaboration with USA and West Germany by the then Prime Minister of the country [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]].

It has two power plants:
*'''BTPS 'A'''' was started in 1952 and closed down on 17 July 2000 for violating pollution norms. A new efficient 500MW has been set by [[BHEL]] here which was commissioned in May 2016.
*'''BTPS 'B'<ref>BTPS 'B' {{cite web|url=http://www.dvcindia.org/Bokarob.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2011-02-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720015147/http://www.dvcindia.org/Bokarob.htm |archive-date=2011-07-20 }}</ref>''' has three power generating units producing a total of 630 MW (3×210). The first unit was commissioned in 1986.

In addition, a new 500 MW plant<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/dvc-s-bokaro-power-plant-likely-to-be-commissioned-in-2012-13-111030400213_1.html | title=DVC's Bokaro power plant likely to be commissioned in 2012-13 | date=20 January 2013 | author=Press Trust of India | newspaper=Business Standard | accessdate=12 September 2018 }}</ref> is under construction, which is likely to be commissioned in 2012-13. It is coming up at an estimated cost of Rs 4,000 crores.

===Coal mining===
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[[Bokaro and Kargali Area]] of [[Central Coalfields Limited]] operates the following projects in [[East Bokaro Coalfield]] among others in Bokaro district: Bokaro open cast, Karagli OC, Kargali underground, Karo OC, Karo underground, Karo Spl. UG, Khas Mahal OC, Khas Mahal UG and Kargali Washery.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.centralcoalfields.in/areas/bkkrgli.php |title = Central Coalfields Limited | work= Areas – Bokaro & Kargali |publisher= CCL| accessdate = 18 December 2020}}</ref>[[Dhori Area]] of CCL operates: Amlo OC, Dhori OC, Selected Dhori Quarry No.I OC, Selected Dhori Quarry No. III OC, New Selected Dhori UG and Dhori Khas UG.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccl.gov.in/comp/area.htm |title=Areas |publisher=CCL |access-date=5 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026145917/http://ccl.gov.in/comp/area.htm |archive-date=26 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Transport==
Bokaro Thermal railway station serves quite a few trains. There are three local trains daily on [[Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line]] and vice versa.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Major City !! Distance (in km)
|-
| [[Bokaro Steel City]] || 48
|-
| [[Chandrapura]] || 29
|-
| [[Gomoh]] || 43
|-
| [[Ranchi]] || 110
|-
| [[Dhanbad]] || 80
|-
| [[Kolkata]] || 300
|-
| [[Patna]] || 305
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://wikimapia.org/133431/ Satellite view]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060822080832/http://www.dvcindia.org/power/sub/bokarob.htm DVC – BTPS]

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Bokaro district]]